Fertilizer-distributer.



N0-i 846,623.` 1 PATENTED MAR-12, 1907.

` c. B. BOZAR.

PERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2*'7. 1906.

IN1/wrok CHARLES B. RCZAR, OF EMPIRE, GEORGIA.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12,' 1907.

Application filed July 27. 1906. Serial No. 328,138.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. ROZAR, a ate citizen of the United States, residing at Empire, in the county of Dodge and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Fertiiizer-Distributer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to fertilizerdistributers, and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter shown and described. l

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of a fertilizer-distributor such as was granted to me by Patent No. 779,137, dated January 3, 1905, the object being to improve and cheapen the construction and at the same time strengthen the same.

In the accompanying drawing the figure is a perspective view of the improved fertilizerdistributer.

The distributer consists of the beam 1, having the plow-standard 2, which may be adjusted longitudinally of the said beam and securedV in such adjusted position. The arms 3 3 are attached to the said beam l, and a follow-Wheel 4 is journaled between the lower ends of said arms. The hopper 5 is pivoted between the upper ends of said arms. The bottom of the hopper is provided with a trough 6. The star-wheel 7 is fixed to the shaft of the follow-wheel 4. The arm 8 is attached at its upper end to the side of the hopper 5 and is provided at its lower end with the angle extension 9, which is adapted to engage the periphery of the star-wheel 7.

The handles 10 are attached at their lower ends to the rear end of the beam 1. The lug 11 is attached to the inner side of one of the said handles 10` The rod 12 is attached at its forward end to the side of the hopper 5 and is adapted to rest upon the lug 11 and tilt the hopper 5, so that the lower end of the arm 8 will be out of engagement with the periphery of the star-Wheel 7. The chute 13 is attached at its edges to the inner sides of the handles 10 and extends down in front of the follow-wheel 4. The irons 14 14 are bolted at their forward ends to the rear end of beam 1 and assist in securing the lower ends of the handles 10 to the said beam. At intermedipoints the said irons are provided with the transversely-extending sections 15, which are located behind the rear edge of the handles 10. The rear portions of the said irons 14 bear laterally against the sides of the chute 13. The scraper 16 is pivoted between the rear ends of the said irons, and the lower edge of the said scraper, impelled by gravity, rests upon the periphery of the follow-wheel 4.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that a simple and durable and at the s ame time cheap construction is provided for implements of the nature as stated.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A fertilizer-distributer comprising a beam, a follow-wheel supporting the beam, a hopper pivoted to the beam, handles attached to the beam, irons bolted to the beam, and the ends of said handles, said irons having intermediate portions which extend transversely behind the edges of the handles, a scraper pivoted between the rear ends of said irons and resting upon the periphery of the follow-wheel.

2. A fertilizer-distributer comprising a beam, a follow-wheel supporting the beam, a hopper pivoted upon the beam, handles attached to the beam, a chute secured at its edges to the inner faces of said handles and extending in advance of the center of the follow-wheel, irons bolted at their forward ends to the beam and the handles, said irons having intermediate transversely-extending portions which pass behind the edges of the handles, the rear portions of said irons bearing laterally against the sides of the chute, and a scraper pivoted between said irons and bearing against the periphery of the followwheel.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES B. ROZAR.

Witnesses:

HENRY MULLINs, P. M. SANDER. 

